Mazda Tribute Complaints (2001)

563 consumer complaints on file.

#770616December 9, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THIS IS ABOUT OUR 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE LX , 4X4, V6. OUR VIN. # [XXX], BUT YOUR SYSTEM IS NOT ACCEPTING THIS NUMBER. OUR TRIBUTE HAS STALLED MORE THAN 5 TIMES OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. WE HAVE CALLED THE MAZDA DEALER TO ASK IF THEY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER TRIBUTES. THEY CLAIMED THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THAT TYPE OF PROBLEM THREE OCCASIONS BETWEEN APRIL 2001 AND NOVEMBER 2001. SOMETHING WE WERE DOING WRONG. AUGUST 2002, AFTER ANOTHER STALLING EPISODE WE DECIDED IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS AND TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY THEN INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF OTHER 2001 AND 2002 TRIBUTES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAD OUR TRIBUTE AT THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP FOR 63 STRAIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE MAZDA H.Q. CALLED US FROM IRVINE, CA TO TELL US THAT OUR TRIBUTE HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND THEY WERE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO STALL AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT HAD ANY OTHER TRIBUTES THAT WERE REPAIR FOR THE STALLING PROBLEM REPEAT THE PROBLEM. ABOUT A MONTH LATER OUR TRIBUTE AGAIN STALLED EXACTLY AS IT HAD DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE. I WAS ASKED TO COME TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT BUYING THE NEW 2003 MODEL TRIBUTE AT A REDUCED PRICE BECAUSE OF OUR TROUBLE. WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEALER TO DRIVE THE 2003 MODEL WE WERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT LET US DRIVE THE NEW MODEL BECAUSE IT WAS STALLING. DT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023426November 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AT 30-50 MPH TRAVELING DOWN HILL ENGINE STALLED TWICE. CONSUMER LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.PH *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769824November 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WAS TRAVELING DOWN A STEEP, CURVEY HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AS WELL AS THE BRAKES. THE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS MEETING A VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND LUCKILY MISSED RUNNING INTO THE ONCOMING VEHICLE DUE TO INCIDENT OCCURING IN A CURVE. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS OCCURING BEFORE NOW. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. GG--KY DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567964October 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
THE ENGINE FAILED THREE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. CAUSE FOR THE FIRST FAILURE WAS THE PCM PROBLEM AND IT WAS REPROGRAMMED AND UPDATED EEC RELAY WAS ALSO INSTALLED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021458October 23, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE MAIN COMPUTER FAILING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THIS PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. MR THE DEALER IMPORTED A COMPUTER FROM CANADA. AFTER IT'S INSTALLATION, THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING NORMALLY. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020967October 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSMISSION ON VEHICLE CONSTANTLY STALLS AND JUMPS IN/OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED 2X AND IS CURRENTLY W/DLR FOR 3RD REPLACEMENT. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768407October 14, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE IS INTERMITTENTLY STALLING. AT LOW SPEEDS, UNDER 40 MPH, VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IN MOTION CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. WHEN VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP RESULTING IN PROBLEM HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN BEFORE. VEHICLE TENDS TO STALL ON SLIGHT INCLINES OR DECLINES IN THE ROAD. ONE STALL NEARLY CAUSED DRIVER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER BRAKES. VEHICLE IS BACK AT DEALER FOR SECOND ATTEMPT AT REPAIR OF PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP HAS PROVIDED ABOVE AVERAGE CUSTOMER SERVICE WHILE HANDLING PROBLEM HOWEVER REPAIR ATTEMPT HAS ONLY MADE PROBLEM WORSE. AFTER 1ST REPAIR ATTEMPT VEHICLE STILL STALLS AND HAS BEGUN HESITATING (NEARLY STALLING) UNDER ACCELERATION. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768075October 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE ENGINE CUT OUT FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER BRAKES, STEERING ETC. LUCKILY, NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS ON THE ROAD OR THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE. ONE YEAR AGO, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL, AND A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT MAZDA TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE "PCU" AT THE TIME, AND THEN CALLED ME BACK LATER TO CONFIRM THIS WAS INDEED THE FIX TO THIS REPORTED NATIONWIDE PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY, SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS NOW RE-OCCURRED ONE YEAR LATER, MAZDA'S INITIAL FIX WAS WRONG AND MAZDA STILL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. YOUR WEBSITE REPORTS NUMEROUS SIMILAR CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS DISTURBING. WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING TO PROTECT CONSUMERS? THERE SHOULD BE A FORCED RECALL. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE - A DOWNHILL STALL!!! MUST WE WAIT UNTIL DEATHS OCCUR? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RESPONSE FROM NHTSA. I PLAN TO FORWARD THIS LIST OF COMPLAINTS TO MY CONGRESSMAN. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767783September 26, 2002
TIRES
TIRES MAKING AN INCREASING LOUD "HELICOPTER" TYPE SOUND. ACCORDING TO DEALER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767730September 25, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE STALLED TWICE IN 3 DAYS, ONCE WHILE I WAS SLOWING TO MAKE A TURN AND A SECOND TIME WHEN I WAS JUST COASTING WITHOUT STEPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE OKAY RIGHT AFTERWARDS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THERE WAS TSB FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FIX WAS TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER. IF THIS IS THE CASE, WHY DON'T THEY DO A RECALL AND REPROGRAM ALL OF THE TRIBUTES IF THIS IS SUCH A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM? I THINK THIS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO HAVE YOUR CAR STALL WHILE YOU ARE TURNING/STOPPING/COASTING. IF THIS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, I WILL FILE ANOTHER REPORT WITH YOU. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767612September 23, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. NO BRAKES, NO STEERING. GOING DOWNHILL 35-40 MPH. ENDED UP GOING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC UNTIL I WRESTLED CAR BACK INTO LANE. 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. MAZDA SOLUTIONS ARE UNACCEPTABLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018950September 18, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WHILE BEING DRIVEN WITH NO WARNING. DEALERSHIP HAS MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT FAILURE, BUT STALLING STILL PERSISTS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767354September 18, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT'S "SLIPPING" AT OR AROUND 45MPH. DOWN SHIFTING IS OCCURRING WHILE DRIVING AT A CONSISTENT MPH. ONCE AT 55 IT'S OKAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767195September 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS AT SPEEDS UNDER 30 MPH, WITH FOOT OFF GAS, OR WHEN IDLING. STALL OFTEN OCCURS DURING A TURN, DISABLING THE POWER-ASSISTED STEERING UNTIL ENGINE CAN BE RESTARTED. (RESTART OCCURS PROMPTLY.) FIVE VISITS TO DEALER SERVICE DEPT. SINCE 7/12/02 HAVE FAILED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. MAZDA-RECOMMENDED SERVICE ON POWER-TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS PERFORMED, TO NO APPARENT EFFECT. RELATED WORK DONE ON IDLE, THROTTLE, SOLENOID. STALLING CONTINUES. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767201September 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
1. MOSITURE IN PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT AT 10KMI. 2. COOLANT INDICATOR LIGHT @ 14K MI. 3. ENGINE LIGHT @ 15K MI. 4. ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, LOSE BRAKES AND STEERING, TRAVELING AT 55-60 MPH APPROACHING AND SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN AT A SLIGHTLY DOWNWARD SLOPE IN ROAD. HAD TO PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTART ENGINE. COULD HAVE TURNED IN FRONT OF ONCOMING VEHICLES AND BEEN HIT BROADSIDE DUE TO LOSS OF ALL POWER.AKE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767122September 13, 2002
TIRES
I HAVE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P235/70R16 104T M+S TIRES WHICH CAME WITH MY 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE SUV UPON PURCHASE IN NOVEMBER OF 2000. RECENTLY, WITH 30,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED A CRACK RUNNING ALONG THE SIDE CIRCUMFERENCE OF ALL FOUR TIRES. THE CRACK RUNS ON THE SIDE OF THE TREAD WHERE I BELIEVE THE TREAD IS BONDED TO THE TIRE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE P235 / 70R16 MODEL HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED UNDER YOUR CONSUMER ADVISORY OF 1 SEPTEMBER, 2002 OR IN ANY RECALL AND MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE DIGITAL PHOTOS CLEARLY SHOWING THE CRACKING WHICH I HAVE SENT TO YOUR WEB MASTER EMAIL. I CAN RESEND THEM AT YOUR REQUEST. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018320September 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CLUTCH IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN APPLYING CLUTCH IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL, AND AT OTHER TIMES IT WILL WORK NORMALLY. CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017966September 5, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THIS TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ESTIMATED SPEED OF IMPACT WAS 40 MPH STRIKING A VEHICLE WHICH WAS SITTING STILL TURNING. ANOTHER VEHICLE BEHIND HER STRUCK THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK SPINNED AND POINTED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION GOING OVER A DITCH. NEITHER FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON EITHER IMPACT WITH ADDITIONAL TO A TIRE BURSTING. ALL THREE VEHICLES WERE CLASSIFIED AS TOTALED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766554September 1, 2002
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG SRS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, LIGHT STAY ON AFTER BLINKING FOR 4TIMES THEN 7 TIMES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017209August 26, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY STALL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER REPROGRAMED COMPUTER CHIP. PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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